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KIEV, Ukraine, September 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the President of
Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and the President of Russia Dmitriy Medvedev take
part in the International Road Rally "Avtoprobeg" taking place between the
two biggest European countries.

Text of the article by Latvian newspaper Diena on 15 August [Article by Pavils Sirovs: "During conflict Putin shows he still runs Russia"] Analysts say that the conflict in Georgia has removed any doubt as to who is the true ruler of Russia, because during the conflict, Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev was forced to play a secondary role while Prime Minister Vladimir Putin became the main hero in the events.

By Tom Raum TOYAKO, Japan - President Bush today called new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev a "smart guy" who understands the issues. But the U.S. president would not go so far as to say he got a sense of Medvedev's soul, as he once famously said of Vladimir Putin after their first meeting.

Word of the Day

pawl

A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.